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Frithuswith | |
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 Depiction of Margaret the Virgin and Frideswide in Christ Church, Oxford, 14th-century. | |
| Born | c. 650 upper Thames region |
| Died | 19 October 727 Binsey, Oxford |
| Venerated in | Anglicanism Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
| Major shrine | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Feast | 19 October 12 February (translation) 15 May (invention) |
| Attributes | pastoral staff; a fountain; the ox |
| Patronage | Oxford, England; University of Oxford |
Frithuswith, commonly Frideswide (Old English: Friðuswīþ; c. 650 – 19 October 727), was an English princess and abbess.[1] She is credited as the foundress of a monastery later incorporated into Christ Church, Oxford.[2] She was the daughter of a sub-king of a Mercia named Dida of Eynsham whose lands occupied western Oxfordshire and the upper reaches of the River Thames.[3]
- ^ Blair, John. "Frithuswith [St Frithuswith, Frideswide] (d. 727)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10183. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Blair, John (1988). "St Frideswide's monastery: problems and possibilities" (PDF). Oxoniensia. 53: 221–258.
- ^ Blair, John (1987). "Saint Frideswide Reconsidered" (PDF). Oxoniensia. 52: 71–127.
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